Posted on 20 February 2012. Tags: ipad, iphone
Most web designers start new projects on their computer. There are hundreds of tools out there for creating wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and doing various other planning activities on your computer or online. But there are also tons of offline, paper-based tools that can speed up your development and design process. Designers who start their planning offline often just use blank or graph paper and start from scratch.

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Posted on 19 February 2012. Tags: canvas, eps, export, html canvas, illustrator, plugin
ai2canvas

How it works
The Ai->Canvas plug-in enables Adobe® Illustrator® to export vector and bitmap artwork directly to an HTML5 canvas element that can be rendered in a canvas-enabled browser. The plug-in provides drawing, animation and coding options such as events so that you can build interactive, well-designed canvas-based web apps.
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Posted on 19 February 2012. Tags: 960, 978, 990, CSS, grid
For several years now the 960px grid system (960.gs) has been designers’ favorite pick to help structure and design web layouts. As screens and resolutions have gotten bigger, I’ve found that the 960 grid system does not always fit my needs. 20px gutters and only a 940px content area is a bit too small for the modern web. While designing Themify, I found a new grid layout that works quite well for designing in this day and age. If you’ve never heard of 960 I’ve detailed both it and this newer gird system below.
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Posted on 28 January 2012. Tags: illustrator
Question
Well, I hope the subject makes some kind of sense. I loaded up Illustrator today, and normally when I click on an object with the black arrow, it converts to free transform automatically. Meaning, one click with the black arrow and you can re-size/distort objects. Now, one click does nothing but selects it, and I have to go down to the free transform tool. This has really slowed down production. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Posted on 22 January 2012. Tags: cards
Never limit your imagination to a plain rectangle! Don’t forget to include some interactivity – people love to play and solve puzzles.
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Posted on 17 January 2012. Tags: font, fonts
One easy option is to simply email the webmaster and ask for the name of the font and where to get it.
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Posted on 04 January 2012.

Templates for DVD cases contain suggested sizes only. Images placed in templates may be slightly smaller than specified,
but please do not exceed the measurements in the templates.
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Posted on 26 December 2011. Tags: facebook
Introduction
So you have a great idea for an application, and you’ve developed your idea into a somewhat functional Facebook app. The only problem is, it looks completely out of place in the space Facebook has designated for your layout. Let’s look at how we can change that.
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Posted on 25 December 2011. Tags: ios, ipad, iphone
The iPad was the 2010 must-have gadget of the year, and the iPhone and respective iPod Touch have been incredibly popular over the last few years. It’s clear that the success of these devices can be attributed to the endless number of useful, fun, and interesting applications provided by the community. There is no doubt that the Apple platform for these mobile devices has taken the world by storm and allowed us to customize as we see fit. Continue Reading
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Posted on 08 December 2011. Tags: brush, illustrator, Tutorials
The title of this chapter, "Drawing with Brushes" is shorthand for applying brush strokes to paths. You’ll have more fun, be more productive, and be less frustrated if you take a moment to appreciate the difference.
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